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1.Nuclear Waste: Amounts and On-Site Storage
High- and low level-waste statistics, as well as on-site storage at plant sites for the U.S. nuclear industry.
April 27, 2009
2.Low-Level Radioactive Waste
Low-level waste is a byproduct of the beneficial uses of a wide range of radioactive materials. These include electricity generation, medical diagnosis and treatment, and various other medical processes.
September 22, 2009
3.Repository Development
In 2002, Congress approved Yucca Mountain, Nev., a remote desert location, as the site for a centralized deep geologic repository for used nuclear fuel and other high-level radioactive waste.
July 9, 2009
4.Perspective on Public Opinion, March 1999
Speaking About Clean-Air and Waste Legislation: Lessons From the Research
March 1, 1999
5.Used Fuel Containers
Potential used fuel container designs for spent nuclear fuel and high-level nuclear waste
May 18, 2007
6.Costs: Fuel, Operation and Waste Disposal
The costs of generating electricity with nuclear energy include fuel, operations and management, as well as used fuel management and decommissioning. Since 2001, nuclear power plants have achieved lower production costs than coal, natural gas or oil.
May 12, 2009
7.Complex of Underground Tunnels
Cutaway showing artist's concept of the complex of underground tunnels into which waste would be emplaced.
May 18, 2007
8.DOE’s FY05 Budget Request Includes Record-High $907 Million for Nuclear Waste Disposal
WASHINGTON—The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today released a fiscal year 2005 budget request that seeks a record-high $907.5 million for the agency’s nuclear waste management program. Of the $907.5 million, $27.5 million is environmental management funding for the Idaho National Engineering & Environmental Lab, with $880 million targeted for the Yucca Mountain, Nev., repository project.
February 2, 2004
9.Nuclear Waste Disposal
Like other industrial facilities, nuclear power plants produce necessary byproducts. These include used nuclear fuel and less radioactive material like filters, tools and protective clothing.
May 18, 2007
10.Nuclear Waste Disposal for the Future: The Potential of Reprocessing and Recycling
This white paper provides an overview of the relationship between reprocessing used nuclear fuel and recycling it, as well as the impact that reprocessing would have on radioactive waste disposal. It also briefly discusses the Global Nuclear Energy Partnership.
May 18, 2007